The hopes of the 2018 San Francisco Giants rested, largely, on the team not reprising their 2017 suckhole of regression and injury. Those hopes were dealt a depressing blow when, mere days before the season began, Madison Bumgarner was put on the disabled list once more.
But while the wound of another Bumgarner-less stint was painful, it was not fatal. The team knew they had to perform the virtuous and courageous act of treading water until their ace returned, and somehow they managed exactly that.
Giants have exactly a .500 record and Madison Bumgarner returns tomorrow night.